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The potential of soil amendment with insect exuviae and frass to control the cabbage root fly

Journal of applied entomology, 2022
Reliable options to control the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum L., are lacking in many countries as restrictions on insecticide use have tightened due to environmental concerns.
Max Wantulla, K. van Zadelhoff, J. V. van Loon, M. Dicke   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A phytocytokine and its derived peptides in the frass of an insect elicit rice defenses.

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Upon recognizing elicitors derived from herbivores, many plants activate specific defenses. Most of the elicitors identified thus far are from the oral secretions and egg-laying fluids of herbivores; in contrast, herbivore fecal excreta have been ...
Shuting Chen, Shiyun Jing, Miaofen Ye, Yubing Feng, Yayun Xu, Na Lin, Peng Kuai, Ted C. J. Turlings, Yong-gen Lou   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Physico-Chemical Characteristics and In Vitro Rumen Degradability of Insect Frass as NPN Source for Mineral Blocks in Goats

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Applied Business and Education Research
The study was conducted to determine the potential of superworm (Zophobas morio) larvae (SWL) and black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae (BSFL) frass at 10% inclusion as non-protein nitrogen (NPN) source in formulating mineral blocks for goats ...
Rocelyn J. Tam-is, Manuel D. Gacutan, Jr., Warren D. Come, L. Cimafranca   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems

, 2020
The larvae of black soldier fly (BSF) have shown great promise in transforming organic wastes into a more valuable larval biomass.
R. Quilliam, Charles Nuku-Adeku, P. Maquart, D. Little, Richard W. Newton, F. Murray   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emerging applications of insect (protein, lipid) and insect waste (chitosan, frass, exuviae) -derived materials in sustainable technologies: A review.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Insect farming is an emerging industry that produces larvae, adults, and various byproducts for applications in human food, animal feed, biofuels, and biorefinery processes, as it contains many important macromolecules, such as protein and lipids. Recent
Chi-Wen Lin, B. Anandapadmanaban, Shu-Hui Liu, Yu-Shen Cheng, Yi Yu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bioconversion of honey bee colony waste by small hive beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) larvae and the nutritional composition of larvae and frass.

Journal of Economic Entomology
A global demand for high protein animal feed and crop fertilizer continues to grow, and insects are an increasingly important alternative to conventional sources due to their reduced ecological and economic impacts.
F. Posada-Flórez, J. Steward, Emylia L Loaiza, Steven C Cook   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insight into insect protein production and gut microbiota from mixed food waste bioconversion by Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) larvae.

Waste Management
Global population growth and changing diets have exacerbated protein supply-demand imbalances, driving the need for sustainable waste valorization and alternative protein sources.
Mengyao Li, Jiawei Quan, Bo Liu, Zengwei Yuan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insect Defoliators in Recovering Industrial Landscapes: Effects of Landscape Degradation and Remediation Near an Abandoned Metal Smelter on Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Feeding, Frass Production, and Frass Properties

Environmental Entomology, 2019
Although insect defoliators are recognized as major agents of ecological change in North American forests, their ecology in industrially degraded landscapes with poor-quality soils, metal contamination, and marginal vegetation growth is largely unknown ...
M. McTavish, E. Smenderovac, J. Gunn, S. Murphy   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insect frass from upcycling vegetable by-products with cereals: Effects on the soil properties, plant development and soil invertebrate fitness.

Journal of Environmental Management
The use of insects in organic management systems is expanding due to their ability to recycle waste into valuable co-products for agriculture, notably frass, constituted by the insect's excrements, larval exuviae, and remaining undigested feedstock. This
C. Malheiro, M. Prodana, C. Patinha, R. G. Morgado, S. Loureiro   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insect outbreaks alter nutrient dynamics in a southern African savanna: patchy defoliation of Colophospermum mopane savanna by Imbrasia belina larvae

Biotropica, 2018
Invertebrate herbivore outbreaks have important impacts on system biogeochemical cycling, but these effects have been poorly documented in African savanna ecosystems.
Donovan B. de Swardt, C. Wigley-Coetsee, T. O’Connor   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source